Articles

Letter from Berlin: Onward, Christian Drunken Dads!

By Stan Persky | June 3, 2003

Stan Persky finds out what Berliners believe.

Tashkent Through Gold-tinted Lenses

By John Mcleod | May 29, 2003

John McLeod files his latest report from Uzbekistan

Hostage-Takers and their Demands

By Brian Fawcett | May 26, 2003

Brian Fawcett wonders whether hostage-takers are the mass media’s culture heroes, among other things

Letter from Berlin: Kanada Week

By Stan Persky | May 26, 2003

Stan Persky reports on how the maple syrup is going down in the German capital.

Letter from Berlin: Old Europe

By Stan Persky | May 12, 2003

Stan Persky checks out the sounds of springtime in the German capital.

Orwell’s Nightmare

By Stan Persky | April 27, 2003

It’s the centenary of George Orwell’s birth. Stan Persky re-reads Homage to Catalonia.

On SARS (Shameless Abuse of Rhetoric Syndrome)

By Max Fawcett | April 22, 2003

What would Orwell have to say about the SARS epidemic? Max Fawcett has a suggestion.

Agent of Lousy, Unwarranted Criticisms

By Brian Fawcett | April 18, 2003

Brian Fawcett can’t figure out what occasioned television critic John Doyle’s attack on CTV MOW Agent of Influence

On the Recent Punitive Expedition

By Stan Persky | April 14, 2003

Now that the shooting’s almost over, Stan Persky disembeds from his foxhole. Some reflections on the Big Iraq Attack.

A Brief Prehistory of Friendly Fire

By Tom Sito | April 7, 2003

Tom Sito points out that Friendly Fire isn’t new, but quick reporting on it is…